Today’s Crossword

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instruments 62 Jetty 63 Sault — Marie 64 Egg dish 65 Weight rebate 66 Funny — Brooks 67 Conference 18 20 22 23 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 37 38 39 40 41 43 44 45 46 47 48 51 DOWN 1 Lemon or clunker 2 All-star hurler 3 Ultimate degree 4 Fought with

swords 5 Weaker,

as an excuse 6 Bride in “Lohengrin” Claim Civic or Accord Sweet drink Slowest Uniform color Slumber Fabric measures Llama cousins Calorie counter Palm branch Kind of cassette Hull parts Rube 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 19 21 23 24 25 29 30 32 33 34 35 36 42 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 55 57 59 60 61 “Star Wars” director Contractor Where roses climb Peer Gynt creator Like some chests Catches red-handed Open Mountain flower Look-alike Modify Enthusiasm, plus Put in the ledger Steal the scene Terra — Downtown Chicago Tenet Completely Society column word Farm shelter